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You never know. They have to what they have to do to get their story where they to for IX.
If they're going to wait for IX to address it, I'd open with her funeral or do it right after the opening credits.
That's why I was saying they do have enough time left in production to change what they've already filmed.
Or they could wait until episode IX and open with her funeral.